Senior Manager, Project Management – Fluid Processing Engineer

Walmart • Robinson, TX

3d • $80,000 - $155,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Position Summary... Walmart is expanding with its third company-owned milk processing facility to serve over 750 stores across Texas and surrounding states. This state-of-the-art facility will produce high-quality milk products under Great Value and Member’s Mark, using milk sourced primarily from Texas dairy farmers. What you'll do... Drives the execution of business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, developing and communicating priorities, and addressing barriers that impact performance. This includes providing resources, defining performance standards, measuring progress, and adjusting plans accordingly. The role requires the ability to create contingency plans when necessary, demonstrate adaptability, and support continuous learning to foster improvement across teams. The position provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by recruiting, training, and mentoring team members to help them achieve their full potential. It involves assigning duties strategically, building a collaborative work environment, setting clear performance expectations, and conducting regular evaluations to ensure success. Additionally, the role includes recognition and rewards, coaching for improvement, and promoting a sense of belonging within the workplace to create a positive organizational culture. The role promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity. This includes training employees and providing guidance on compliance with company protocols, emphasizing adherence to ethical standards, and supporting the Open Door Policy. The goal is to ensure that employees at all levels understand and align with the company’s core values. It ensures business needs are consistently met by evaluating the effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives. This includes engaging with stakeholders such as business partners, managers, and coworkers to solicit feedback for efficiency and cost-effectiveness improvements. The role also involves participating in and supporting community outreach initiatives to enhance organizational presence and reputation. As a leader, the position develops and oversees multiple cross-functional projects by identifying gaps in existing processes, leveraging industry best practices, and utilizing data-driven methodologies to inform business decisions. Managing expectations of stakeholders, ensuring data accuracy, and supporting the adoption of sustainable practices are integral responsibilities. Flexibility is required to adapt strategies and approaches in response to the evolving needs of the business. The position manages current and forecasted projects by prioritizing initiatives, coordinating work plans, and ensuring alignment with overall program goals. Responsibilities include managing internal resources, monitoring milestones, tracking budgets and expenditures, and ensuring timely communication of project statuses to stakeholders. Acting as the focal contact for project requests, overseeing project documentation, and supporting selection reviews are fundamental aspects of this work. Influence in change management is key, with responsibilities including making data-driven recommendations, educating cross-functional teams on new or improved processes, and building relationships with senior leadership to ensure alignment with both current and future business goals. Persuasiveness and the ability to educate others on transition initiatives are critical to success in this role. The position facilitates informed decision-making for large, cross-functional projects by working collaboratively with teams and leadership to identify objectives, potential risks, strategies, and critical issues. Developing communication frameworks and educating stakeholders on project requirements is fundamental, as is ensuring that communication plans are effectively implemented. This role enhances project workflows by identifying and tracking current processes, auditing practices and deliverables, and ensuring all outputs adhere to standardized approval protocols. Respect: The role actively demonstrates and promotes respect for everyone by fostering a culture of belonging in which team members feel valued and supported. By encouraging diversity in thoughts, cultures, ideas, and experiences, the position seeks to create an environment where associates thrive and perform at their best. It also emphasizes the importance of attracting, developing, and retaining the best team members. This role ensures a focus on talent development through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and opportunities for growth. A positive environment is fostered where individuals are empowered to perform in the best interests of customers, members, and the company. Contributions and accomplishments from associates and partners are routinely recognized to nurture a positive organizational environment. Strong and trusting relationships are cultivated with team members and business partners by encouraging collaboration and cross-functional cooperation. Listening attentively, communicating effectively, and demonstrating energy and positivity are key elements of this role to inspire commitment and action among associates. Act with Integrity: This role maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance. It involves modeling company values, leading by example, and fostering a culture of responsibility. The position champions the company’s mission to become a regenerative organization by creating a sense of belonging, reducing waste, and engaging in local giving initiatives. Compliance with laws, the company’s code of conduct, and established policies is paramount. The role promotes a safe environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns without fear of retaliation. The role expects high accountability from team members, ensuring that results align with the organization’s ethical standards and values. As a servant leader, this position emphasizes humility, self-awareness, honesty, and transparency, and consistently strives to support associates and partners with integrity and commitment. Serve Our Customers and Members: The role focuses on delivering expected business results, prioritizing customers and members while implementing an omnichannel merchant mindset. Emphasis is placed on achieving long-term value creation and maintaining Every Day Low Prices to meet the organization’s goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or related field and 4 years' experience in business, operations, analytics, or related area OR 6 years' experience in business, operations, analytics, or related area.
• 2 years’ supervisory experience.
• 3 years’ project management experience.

Nice To Haves

• Managing small or medium scale change initiatives
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, or related field
• Project Management Certification
• Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

• Drives the execution of business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, developing and communicating priorities, and addressing barriers that impact performance.
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by recruiting, training, and mentoring team members to help them achieve their full potential.
• Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
• Ensures business needs are consistently met by evaluating the effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives.
• Develops and oversees multiple cross-functional projects by identifying gaps in existing processes, leveraging industry best practices, and utilizing data-driven methodologies to inform business decisions.
• Manages current and forecasted projects by prioritizing initiatives, coordinating work plans, and ensuring alignment with overall program goals.
• Facilitates informed decision-making for large, cross-functional projects by working collaboratively with teams and leadership to identify objectives, potential risks, strategies, and critical issues.
• Enhances project workflows by identifying and tracking current processes, auditing practices and deliverables, and ensuring all outputs adhere to standardized approval protocols.
• Fosters a culture of belonging in which team members feel valued and supported.
• Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
• Focuses on delivering expected business results, prioritizing customers and members while implementing an omnichannel merchant mindset.

Benefits

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees